South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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When Boland businessman Frans Viljoen launched a company in 2009 with a vision to sow finance into the Kingdom of God he was not prepared for the refining fire that lay ahead. It was humiliating, his faith plummeted, and at one stage he even considered suicide. “But God was gracious […]
Church-based NGO providing living hope! A few weeks ago I wrote about Madiba Day, and whether 67 minutes of community outreach once a year is enough. I mentioned in the article that some NGO’s experience a negative attitude from some volunteers on this day. There are people who have their […]
Originally published in Charisma News On May 14, in plain view of his wife and one daughter, the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, general overseer of the Rhema Assembly International Church and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State, was gunned down by suspected Boko Haram Islamic […]
Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini is currently formulating legislation that will effectively criminalise parents for disciplining their own children – ostensibly to combat child abuse. Government’s knee-jerk reaction to the alarming rates of child abuse in SA is an admission of its failure to enforce laws already in place. Parents, […]
Maximum penalty of R100m and/or life imprisonment Originally published in SouthAfrica.info President Jacob Zuma has signed the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill into law, giving South Africa, for the first time, a single statute that tackles human trafficking holistically and comprehensively. The long-awaited new law provides a maximum […]
Cayly using performing arts to empower women, children When Cayly Warner was 20 years old she was the victim of a vicious hijack and rape. Four years later she has had the opportunity to watch as her attackers were sentenced to life imprisonment after a lengthy trial which ended […]
Last week Kirk Cameron made headlines with his accusations that Facebook and YouTube censored him by blocking the URL and trailer of his new movie, Unstoppable. Facebook responded to the allegations Monday. Cameron’s film was marked as “spam” on Facebook and YouTube, preventing anyone from posting a link or trailer to […]
[notice]A devotional based on everyday experiences.[/notice] At this, some of Jesus’ followers brought their children before Jesus; they wanted Him to place His hands on the children and pray for them. Some of the disciples, mistakenly thinking that Jesus wouldn’t want to be bothered with the likes of children, began […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] During a recent visit to the Holocaust Centre at the Jewish museum in Cape Town I realised […]